offensive vs tolerable

offensive

adj
  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

tolerable

adj
  • Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable. 

  • Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable. 

  • Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so. 

  • In fair health; passably well. 

adv
  • tolerably; passably; moderately. 

How often have the words offensive and tolerable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )